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Things we don’t do often enough…

jaffry — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:54:14 +0000

Over the next day, hug your spouse, kiss your child, call your relatives, watch the sunset, watch the sunrise, thank your God and relish your life.

›› New York Times’ David Rohde after his Afghan Taliban escape

Words on the Dock.

jaffry — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:36:18 +0000

Moiré is cool.

jaffry — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:47 +0000

Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009).

jaffry — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:03:48 +0000

On Revenge of the Fallen…

jaffry — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:24:27 +0000

I found it at once loud and boring, like watching paint dry while getting hit over the head with a frying pan.

›› Peter Bradshaw reviews the new Transformers movie

The Around Clock.

jaffry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:23 +0000

The Around Clock is a round, beautiful, minimal analogue clock designed by Anthony Dickens.

Kodachrome fades to black.

jaffry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:06:22 +0000

Kodachrome is dead! Long live Kodachrome!

Abandoned.

jaffry — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:09:50 +0000

Formula for the volume of a pizza.

jaffry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:01:08 +0000

Let’s say we have a pizza. It has a radius of z and it has a height of a. That would mean it has a volume of

pi * z * z * a.

Thank you reddit. (And yeah, my computer science background makes me define this as a formula, not an algorithm.)

Damn, I’m hungry.

Boone Oakley’s Tubesite.

jaffry — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:13:06 +0000

YouTube as your website — clever!

WARP20 Box Set.

jaffry — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:49:49 +0000

A 192 page full-colour booklet of every sleeve design from WARP, two double CD albums (one of which is the user voted compilation disc), a mix CD, a triple and double vinyl box set for US$150 sounds like an unwise and guilty indulgence in troubled economic times. It sounds like great value but what a huge hole in the pocket this will burn…

I need more time to think.

On music, piracy and money…

jaffry — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:51:54 +0000

I’ve downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records – why would I care if somebody downloads ours? That’s such a petty thing… I mean, how much money does one person need?

›› Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes

Introducing… The Quarrymen.

jaffry — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:10:07 +0000

Assorted collection of undated photos of The Quarrymen on some non-English forum.

Found on Flickr: Covers of covers.

jaffry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:45:07 +0000

Huw Gwilliam brilliantly re-imagines classic album covers as classic Pelican book covers.

Genius!

X-Plantation, by Hubert Blanz.

jaffry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:32:22 +0000

Twisting tarmac and roving runways in twisting, manic planes — wonderful collages from Hubert Blanz.

Welcome to Soviet Amerika, home of Government Motors.

jaffry — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:00:05 +0000

Miniaturisation of the mobile phone.

jaffry — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:37:46 +0000

How to be happy in business.

jaffry — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:13:46 +0000

[Via swissmiss]

3D murals on walls, by John Pugh.

jaffry — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:52:49 +0000

Incredible life-like Trompe-l’œil paintings!

What a magnificent video intro for The Beatles: Rock Band.

jaffry — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:09:31 +0000

What an absolutely stunning game intro video! If you’re a Beatles fan or an animation fan, you’ll like this — if you’re a fan of both, you’ll be left speechless. The beginning minute or so of the animation is in a flat Manga-style (which I am no big fan of). It gets into mind-bending brilliance in the second half (just as the guys get on the escalator).

What a sweet video and what a sweet way to encapsulate the early and later (and better) Beatles’ discography; I can’t get over it. I just want to keep watching it again and again and again…